At our house, one of the big secrets to a clean kitchen is making sure the kitchen is clean right after dinner. Makes sense, right? It also makes sense that I’m not the only one cleaning. Typically on week nights, I’m the one cooking, so I don’t like to be the only one cleaning! It […]
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Knobs on Everything! (plus tips to install)
If you want to make a statement in a room or with a piece of furniture, changing out hardware like drawer pulls and knobs can make a big impact. Or adding them in the first place helps too! In my opinion, if something needs to be opened and closed, it needs a knob! Knobs on […]
Simple Organizing Fix for Wasted Cabinet Space {Kitchen Cabinet Organizing}
I’ve been in a lot of homes (and lived in several) where the cabinet above the oven is a giant wasteland of unused potential. A simple hack will give these cabinets the feel of built-in functionality. Here is the simple fix. I use pantry racks from Amazon. They are good for holding cookie sheets, drying […]
ASK MARY ANYTHING #5 – PANTRY ORGANIZATION
One reader asked to see my pantry, so here it is! If you want to ask any questions, about home or organizing or life, comment below! View this week’s post about Pantry Organization. 👉 THIS is the can organizer I use. (So many people asked in the comments, I thought I’d add an easy link.) 👉 THIS […]
Kitchen Shelf Hack – Create More Storage Space!
This somewhat obvious solution for adding kitchen storage is easy to overlook. But, if you’re struggling with space in your kitchen cabinets, have you considered adding more shelves? How about corralling little items into baskets (they’ll take up less space than when they’re spread out)? This week I set out to add shelves and get […]
ASK MARY ANYTHING #3 – Meal Planning Teaser (& a little Kitchen Organizing)
This week’s Ask Mary Anything Video was in my kitchen. I’m slowly getting used to doing these videos. Matt says this is my best one yet, though I’m not sure that is saying a whole lot. I give a brief overview of how I meal plan and then … Since today kicks off week one […]
Kitchen Transformation in Progress {Renovation Update Phase 3}
It’s been a little while since an update on all the renovation happening around here. Things have just been so exciting with the Holidays and start of the Declutter Challenge and well, construction going on. All of this happened before Thanksgiving and before Flood #2 (I can laugh about it now). The timing of updating […]
Renovation: Wall Repair, Wood Floor Progress, and Tile Goes Down (Phase 2)
You can tell from the photos that some of these renovations were happening simultaneously with Phase 1 – I loved that everything was happening so fast! Phase 2 involves Repairing Walls, Progress on the Wood Floor, and Tile! This was at the start of ripping up the wood floor – take a look at that water-ruined […]
Renovation: Materials Chosen and Painting Started (Phase 1)
Remember my Water Lalapalooza 2016 post? If you didn’t see that, I’ll summarize by saying that we had some water damage thanks to a missing washer on the hose of our washing machine. We took the list of repairs paid for by our home insurance and used the chance to add some upgrades. These were things on my […]
The Funny Things I Found In My New House
MOVING IS SO FUN! – said no one ever. This part of Texas is a seller’s market right now, so some home sellers are stretching the bounds of common decency because they can get away with it. We looked at a half-million dollar home that had only been on the market for a few days and […]